I'm married to someone who does the following:
If a driver sticks out of a side street a bit too far, he aims for them.
If the light turns green and the car in front isn't stomping the gas, he rides their bumper. Same for people not passing fast enough in the left lane-he tries to go through them.
If anyone does something stupid, like swerve, go too slow in the left lane, etc., he yells, not AT them, just yells in general, even if the action had nothing to do with him.
If he sees someone coming down the shoulder and he's in the right lane, he'll swerve into the shoulder to block them.
I white-knuckle it riding with him and stopped doing any roadtrips because it stresses me so much to be in that car with him.
I admit, I get pissed, shake my head at stupid moves, but my theory is get out of the asshole's way. I have encountered people in the past who have jumped out of their car and come punch mine (uh, yield right of way does NOT mean you try to cut ME off, whacko) and another who, after I told him his brake lights have been on the past 2 miles, followed me, tailgating so close I couldn't see his headlights, and tried to run me off the road.
I might mention that the spouse is quick to anger all the time-he hollers rather than converse, which is exactly how his father was and his father died of a massive heart attack at age 62. His brother is mostly the same way and had a heart attack at age 49.
The article is interesting, but it's a chicken/egg kind of thing, I think. Are these assholes that way because of some serotonin/chemical make-up or did being an asshole affect it?
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